Bomb Threat Halts Delta Flight From New York to Tel Aviv
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS French by baba
A Delta Airlines flight from New York to Tel Aviv was delayed Tuesday night due to a bomb threat at JFK Airport. This follows a similar, unfounded threat earlier that day against a Delta flight arriving in Tel Aviv. Both incidents are under investigation, with authorities suspecting a single perpetrator. The events echo a recent attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv.
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- A Delta flight from New York to Tel Aviv was delayed Tuesday night by a bomb threat at JFK Airport.
- An earlier Delta flight arriving in Tel Aviv also received a false bomb threat on Tuesday.
- Authorities suspect the same caller made both bomb threats.
- Searches of the Tel Aviv-bound flight found no explosives.
- The incidents follow a recent attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv.
A Delta Airlines flight bound for Tel Aviv was held at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday evening following a bomb threat. The flight, DL234, was scheduled to depart at 10:40 PM Israel time but was not permitted to take off pending security checks. Authorities suspect the caller may be the same individual responsible for an earlier bomb threat against a Delta flight that had arrived at Ben Gurion Airport. That aircraft was moved to an isolated area, and passengers were evacuated, but searches found no suspicious items or explosives. The New York flight was eventually cleared for departure after U.S. security services completed their inspections and received approval from Israeli authorities. These incidents occur weeks after an attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, where the co-pilot reportedly attacked the captain and tried to crash the plane before being subdued by passengers.
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